Terrorist attacks in Mali leave 66 dead
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 66 people were killed in terrorist attacks Wednesday in several towns in Mali, according to security sources.
“The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) repelled terrorist attacks targeting positions in Savare, Sokolo and Kalumba early this Wednesday, July 27. The response, carried out with energy and professionalism, has enabled the attackers to be routed and pursued,” Colonel Souleymane Dembele, the army’s director of information and public relations, said in a statement.
A report on the fighting showed 54 dead, including six soldiers, and 25 soldiers wounded, including five seriously, in Sokolo in the region of Segou in south-central Mali, where a coordinated response was orchestrated against the attackers, who were routed.
The same source also reported 12 dead “on the friendly side,” including three civilians from a road construction company, following a “vigorously repelled” terrorist attack in Kalumba in the Nara region near the Mauritanian border.
The sweep and assessment of the attack is still ongoing, according to the military authorities.
The military communication from the West African country, one of the most plagued by terrorist attacks in the Sahel region for years, did not name the terrorist group.
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